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Recent Scams List
Capital Robbery
Corruption in Irrigation Department
EPC out, Additional Payments in!!
Polavaram Project Costs Skyrocketed!
Patti Seema Project Exclusively for Kickbacks
Benami bags Huge Contracts
Additional Liquor!!
Galeru-Nagari Project Escalated!
Mining Barytes Commissions
Imported Coal lasts long!
Solar Golmaal!!
These 10 companies deserve additional incentives!
Pushkaram Funds have gone Godavari Way!
Mantri has Every Right to Cheat!!
Exploitation of Sand Mafia
Thermal Projects of Favoritism
Huge Scam in Electricity Department
Balakrishna's Relative Is Always a Worthy Man!
One hand proposes, another hand approves
4 Departments for Party Cadre
Water, Tree and Evergreen Favouritism
Central Funds Misappropriated
A Friend in Deed
Gift to Galla Family
Special Development Fund No More!
Additional to Nellore Barrage
Boon to Vamsadhara Contractors
Chandrannas Gift
Lokesh Deal with Millers
Kuppam Branch Canal Works only for Stooges
Day-light Robbery in Goddumarri
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to threaten them. They were told that since their projects also included
assigned lands they breached the laws. Hence, their projects would be
confiscated and used for land pooling. While Lingamaneni Group
bought 804.32 acres, Ramakrishna Constructions bought 179.51 acres.
The owners of both these projects compromised with the CM. CM
protected them from land pooling. The CM also benefitted the ruling
party MLA Kommalapati Sridhar by exempting his 43-acre real estate
venture from land pooling for reason best known to him alone.
Chandrababu bragged that his land pooling scheme is a voluntary
process. He announced that the new Capital city will be built on 29 villages
located in Thullur, Tadepalle and Mangalagiri mandals. It was decided that
a total of 53,743.49 acres needs to be pooled for the capital city. Out of this,
15,010.03 acres is assigned and government land and remaining 38,737.46
acres was to be collected from the farmers. To this effect, the AP
government issued a GO on January 1, 2015.
His cronies have also propagated that the Government would take the
assigned and lanka (riverbed) lands without paying any compensation
from the present owners. These lands were allocated, long back, to the
people belonging to SC, ST and BC communities. The government
officials informed the public that the government could take back the
lands without any compensation as they were distributed without a
cost. Scared by the propaganda, the owners of 1,843 acres of assigned
land and 1,514 acres of lanka (riverbed) land sold their lands to TDP
leaders at cheaper rates. Once these transactions were concluded, the
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Urban
Area
Proposed
Urban
Area
Proposed
Industrial
Area
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Some parts of the GOs 153, 154 and 156 which have
finalised the additional payments
The AP government removed the works of Galeru-Nagari Sujala
Sravanthi (GNSS), Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanti (HNSS) and Gorakallu
projects from previous contractors, which was against the regulations.
Then it escalated the costs of the projects many times and called for new
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The memo which enabled the contractors to quote 5 % additional amount. The memo said 5 %
additional amount shall be paid to the contractors if they complete the works before the deadline.
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In Galeru-Nagari
Sujala Sravanti (GNSS),
the AP government has
increased the project
costs unprecedentedly.
For instance, the leftover
work worth Rs. 10 crore in
the 29th package mere
was removed from the
contractors scope
without any penalties and
the same was retendered.
The cost was increased
to Rs. 115 crore and The memo issued by the Chief Engineer seeking a report on
awarded to Ritvik Projects Avuku tunnel works as there were corruption allegations.
of C.M. Ramesh, an MP of
the ruling party, without even taking administrative permissions. Ironically,
two consecutive Chief Secretaries of the state have objected this
unprecedented escalation of project cost. Despite their opposition, the state
government discussed the proposal in the cabinet and approved. The
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model of the Irrigation
Department never allows for project cost escalation.
After making the payment of Rs. 35 crore bill, a dispute arose between
C.M. Ramesh and the Irrigation Minister as to the percentages of the
commissions. Due to this dispute, the truth about the absence of
administrative permissions came out. As a result, further payments were
stopped to the company of C.M. Ramesh. The outraged MP-cum-contractor
exposed the corruption in the Avuku tunnel works (Package No: 30), which is
a part of GNSS project. He wrote a letter to the government stating that the
Irrigation Department officials were making the additional payment of Rs. 44
crore to the contractor, which was against the provisions. In these two
instances, the taxpayers money paid to the contractors were - Rs. 99 crore
and Rs. 44 crore; a total of Rs. 153 crore.
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200 crore.
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Pushkaram Funds
Have gone Godavari Way!
The total funds allocated for
Godavari Pushkarams is
The Andhra Pradesh government has allocated Rs. 1,500 crore for the
works of Godavari Pushkarams. However, half of that amount Rs. 750
crore was pocketed by the ruling party leaders and government officials.
Out of the total amount of Rs. 1,500 crore, the Road and Buildings
Department was allocated Rs. 782 crore, the remaining funds were
obligated to other departments. During the execution of these works, all
the rules and regulations were set aside. The works that were below Rs. 10
lakh were given to the ruling party men on nomination basis. The R&B
Department issued an order to this effect.
BJP MLC Somu Verraju complained to the Vigilance Department that
out of Rs. 782 crore, Rs. 400 crore was snatched away due to the
ubiquitous corruption in the works. A probe is going on into this
corruption.
Allegedly the Chief Minster backed a scam which was perpetuated by the
Agriculture Minister Prathipati Pulla Rao; who is playing a crucial role in the Capital
Region Development Authority (CRDA) affairs. He did this scam with help of a
cotton trader from Guntur district. Both of them have cheated the cotton farmers
of the district by selling their cotton to Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) in the
disguise of farmers. They used their relatives and brokers to sell cotton to the CCI.
The Vigilance and Enforcement Department report on this issue has made it clear
that 80 % of the purchases conducted by the CCI in Guntur district were bogus.
Though there was sufficient evidence for the role do the Minister in the
scandal, the Chief Minster rubbished the report and backed the minister. As of
now, the scam is under CBI probe. According to an estimate, the rapacious
minister made Rs. 200 crore by sidelining the farmers and paid Rs. 100 crore to the
Chief Minister for the protection.
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The kickbacks
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The money
that paid
as the bribe is
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The power is available in the open market at the price of Rs. 1.90
per unit (during nights) and Rs. 2.71 per unit (during the day time). This
was made clear by the countrys largest power trading corporation
Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). Despite the availability of power at
lower prices, the power distribution companies (Discoms) of Andhra
Pradesh is buying power at a whooping rate of Rs. 5.11 per unit. The
IEX has reported this questionable practice to the AP Electricity
Regulatory Commission (APERC).
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They benefitted by
The GO that allocated 498.93 acres of land to VBC Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. near
Jaggayyapet, Krishna district. While an acre of land costs Rs. 50 lakh here, it was
allocated for only Rs. 1 lakh
The TDP government gifted the land- which is actually worth Rs. 250
crore for only Rs. 4.99 crore to M.S.P. Rama Rao, a relative of TDP MLA and
actor Balakrishna. The land that was located in Jayanthipuram near
Jaggayyapeta to VBC Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd., which belongs to Mr.
Rao, who is son of former TDP MP M.V.V.S. Murthy, a close confidant of
Chandrababu Naidu.
This land was previously earmarked for an industrial park by AP
Industrial Infrastructure Corporation. A GO (No: 523) was also issued by
the previous government to this effect on September 28 of 2013.
Amending this GO, Chandrababu government issued another GO (No:
269) on July 15, 2015 and allocated the land to VBC Fertilizers and
Chemicals Ltd. for the purpose of establishing a urea manufacturing
plant.
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Number
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tanks desilting
Check dams and percolation tanks
Farm ponds
Other structures of water storage
Revival of lift irrigation schemes
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Expenses
(in Rs. in Cr)
2444.90
Rs.1,217 crore
75% of it i.e.
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Rs. 40 crore
Gift to Galla Family
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No More!
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Rs. 10 crore
Additional to Nellore Barrage
Irrigation Department regulations were set aside to make additional
payments to the contractor of Nellore Barrage. The orders were issued to
pay an additional amount of Rs. 22.68 crore to the contractor at the
behest of the Chief Minister. The state government did not back off
despite a serious objection from the Finance Department to this decision.
In the additional amount, Rs. 10 crore reached the government heads.
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Chandrannas Kanuka
Rs. 100 Crore
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Rs. 25 crore
Daylight Robbery in Goddumarri
The TDP government, went against the regulations and had given the
Goddumarri barrage contract to its party MP C.M. Ramesh. Though the
officials were not in favour of this award, they could not withstand the
pressure of the MP and gave him the contract worth Rs. 88 crore.
According to Irrigation Department sources, the MP is set to benefit to the
tune of at least Rs. 25 crore.
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Rs. 30 crore
On CM office in Hyderabad
Rs. 10 crore
On foreign consultants who have prepared the documents of the capital city
On temporary secretariat
On the master plan of the capital city
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The Chief Minster spent Rs. 10 crore on Lake View Guest House, Rs.
So far Andhra Pradesh government has paid Rs. 120 crore as travel
has entered into an agreement with Ernest and Young at a cost of Rs.
12.62 crore. Strangely, the government has paid mobilisation advance
of Rs. 1.12 crore to the consultancy. The mobilisation advance is
generally paid in civil contracts.
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5000
2000
1600
600
560
400
350
112
Eleru scam
100
Scholarships scam
100
50
Timers scam
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1735,434
79860
16456
10367
10000
10372
9680
8712
280
1936
1713
1548
968
813
580
580
508
348
174
193
100
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Market Value
30
16
120
55
40
22.50
40
21.45
Montojapally Distillery
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10
Chagallu Distillery
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11.4
Nandyal Sugars
20
6.01
Palakollu Sugars
10
3.3
Gurajala Sugars
14
5.27
Hindupur Sugars
20
30
4.59
12
32
12.23
50
7.50
636
203.35
Nizam Sugars
Co-operative Mills
Total
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Democracy in Danger!
The Telugu Desham Party in Andhra Pradesh has
brazenly started Operation Akrash whereby MLAs from
our party are being poached on day to day basis using
Carrot and Stick policy. If they join TDP, they are paid a
minimum of Rs 20 to 30 crore, the lure of ministerial
berths to our MLAs who got elected on our party B Form
and symbol. Chandra Babu Government has so for
poached 12 of our MLAs out of our strength of 67 in total.
Such blatant display of ill-gotten money is not being
questioned while the Anti Defection Law what is part of
our constitution is being mocked in broad day light and yet
our democracy remains silent.
Making mockery of democracy once again as never
done in the past, the MLAs who were given constituency
development fund are denied these constituency
development funds and by suspending the Constituency
Development Fund usually operated by MLAs, the Chief
YSRCP MLAs Bhooma Nagi Reddy, Bhooma Akhila Priya, Jaleel Khan, Adinarayana
Reddy and MLC Narayana Reddy Joining TDP Party in Presence of Chandrababu
Naidu at CM Camp Office in Vijayawada on February 22, 2016.
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irreparable damage.
When we try to raise these issues in the Assembly, our
Members are suspended and threatened in complete
violation of Business Rules. The Honble Minister for
Legislative Affairs says that Business Rules have no value
and citing the provisions of Art 212 of the Constitution, he
says that no court can call into question any act in the
assembly if it is in gross violation of rules and constitutional
principles of natural justice.
In the just concluded Budget session, when we gave
notice for the No Confidence motion against the Council of
Ministers, the item was taken up
just
then giving the
opportunity to the defectors
to say that they had no time to
follow the whip.
Similarly, when we gave
notice for Removal of Speaker
71(1) of The Procedure and
Conduct of Business in the A P
Legislative Assembly read with
Article 179 (C) of the
Constitution of India, the
YSRCP MLA from Yerragondapalem Palaparti David
Raju Joining in TDP in Presence Of CM Chandrababu
Speaker took up the matter for
Naidu in Vijayawada in February 28, 2016.
discussion on the same day of
notice by suspending the Rules. While Article 179 (C) of
the Constitution clearly specifies that no discussion on
removal of Speaker can take place without lapsing 14 clear
days. The Assembly Business Rules are subordinate to the
Constitution, despite which it was flouted with impunity,
just to protect the defectors from the whip.
Yet another instance is the division on the
Appropriation Bill 2016. Our Party gave advance intimation
to the Speaker that we are opposing the Appropriation Bill
and that we demand division, despite which, just as in the
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Amaravati
A World Class City or A World Class Scam?
Amaravati-the new Capital city of Andhra Pradesh- is supposed to
be a global city of 21st century. However, today it has become a
synonym to a scandal of global standards thanks to the Chief Minister
of the state, N. Chandrababu Naidu. In the name of developing a
world-class Capital city, a world-class real estate scandal worth Rs. 1
lakh crore took place. Chandrababu breached the oath of secrecy as
he revealed the details of the location of the capital city to the
members of his coterie. This translates to "Insider trading".
After revealing the location of the Capital, the TDP government
has made concerted efforts to bring down the value of the lands in
Amaravati region. The government with the help of its media friends
propagated two areas as the prospective locations of the capital city
viz.- Nuzvid or Nagarjuna University area. Fooled by the propaganda,
people flocked to these areas. As a result, the land value in
Amaravati region came down overnight. Seizing the moment,
Chandrababu cronies, his ministers, MLAs, MPs and leaders bought
land in the Amaravati region at throwaway prices duping the local
farmers. After the cronies of Babu have finished the purchases, the
capital declaration came on December 28, 2014, paramounting
"Insider trading" breaching "Oath of Secrecy".
This scandal has been brought out by "Sakshi" daily with
irrefutable proofs. In the name of land pooling, the government
grabbed the fertile lands on which farmers cultivate three crops a
year, while sparing lands belonging to his cronies. In return, the
farmers were supposed to get partly extent of residential and
commercial plots in their own villages. Now, there is no clue as to
when and where these plots would be given. Indeed, the CM did not
take some lands as they belonged to his men and their benamis.
However, he did not spare those lands without a reason, he recieved
quid pro quo benefits for his generosity.
Chief Minister did not stop with this, he has "zoned" the entire two
districts to create demand for the lands of his cronies. Lands
belonging to his cronies were marked in real estate zones while
others were in "Agri Zones" There is no end to such stories of open
corruption by Chandrababu Naidu. Though experts are of the opinion
that 5000-acre land is enough to build the new Capital, Chandrababu
insists on gathering 34,000 acres for the city. He is taking the land
from the farmers and handing them over to private players on
settlement basis.
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Andhra Pradesh
APZ:
GPA:
IGRS:
TDP:
Assigned Lands:
Lanka Lands:
Jirayath Lands:
Jaribu Lands:
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Phase -I
AP Chief Minister and his cabinet had already made up their mind
to establish the Capital city in Thullur area, which is located in
between Guntur and Vijayawada. Once they decided on the location,
they diverted the attention of the people and realtors from Thullur
area by giving 'media leaks', which projected that other regions
including those surrounding Acharya Nagarjuna University and
Nuzvid mandal were being considered as the prospective locations
for the capital city.
Their plan did the trick. While most of the people made a beeline
to those areas to purchase plots, the Chief Minister and his men
bought thousands of acres of land in Thullur area through their
benamis at throwaway prices. Once the State government revealed
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its original intention, several farmers and realtors who bought lands
at Nuzvid area incurred heavy losses. On the other hand, the farmers
of Amaravati area also incurred losses as they had to part with their
lands for much cheaper prices. Chandrababu and his men, who were
privy to this information, made at least a lakh crore rupees through
the real estate transactions.
Phase - II
After making a high decibel propaganda about the about-to-comeup world-class Capital city Amaravati, the state government has
brought forth a scandalous concept called 'Land Pooling'. The
government has decided to pool 38,737 acres of fertile, multi-crop
land from 29 villages of the Capital city region. When the farmers
protested the land pooling, the government took the help of its
'friendly' media outlets to dilute public dissent. These media outlets,
which have an extensive reach in AP, created an apocalyptic
atmosphere in the state. They stated that the farmers those who
refuse to part with their lands would be the ultimate losers and scared
the farmers to give away the land.
Thus, the gullible farmers were coerced into the land pooling.
Though the name 'land pooling' suggests that the entire exercise is
voluntary, the actual process was anything but voluntary. While the
government openly used force to collect the lands from several
unwilling farmers, on the other hand, the lands of the CM and his
stooges were fully protected and exempted from land pooling. For
instance, the capital region border stopped exactly 10 meters away
from the Lingamaneni Estates, which belongs to Lingamaneni
Ramesh, a close aid of Chandrababu Naidu. In return, the Chief
Minister received a guest house and company shares from the
Lingamaneni Group.
Chandrababu Naidu not only gave full protection to the lands of
his cronies but also made sure that all development projects come up
near their lands. The man who initially announced that entire land
pooling was voluntary showed his true colours eventually. The
farmers who refused to part ways with the land were constantly
harassed by the government. In some instances, the standing crop of
resisiting farmers was burnt down during the midnights by some
'unknown miscreants'. The police, in these cases, instead of
searching for culprits, slapped false cases against the farmers and
further terrorised them. In some places, the crops and plantations of
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Phase - III
After the 'land pooling', Chandrababu announced a compensation
package for the farmers in lieu of their lands. He has announced
unspecified cash compensation and residential and commercial plots
for the farmers. These plots were supposed to be given in the
farmers' own villages. However, eventually, this package has turned
out to be a total farce.
Now, the Chief Minister says that the farmers would be given an
annual amount of Rs. 30,000 or Rs. 50,000 for a period of 10 years,
based on their land type. He is now telling the farmers that they
should not expect the residential plots in their villages. In effect, the
farmers are being asked to relocate on the terms of government. The
government now blames the farmers for their 'greedy expectations'!
It is learnt that the plots that are going to be allocated to farmers are
located in lowlands, which will have the lowest commercial value.
The government is also coming up with several restrictions on the
construction activity in the plots allocated to the farmers. The Chief
Minister, who once promised new houses to all the homeless in the
Capital region, however, he hasn't even provided alternative houses
to those who lost their homes in the development process of the
capital city.
Phase - IV
While the government was busy in pooling the land, the ruling
party vultures targeted the Assigned and Lanka (riverbed) lands,
which are mostly owned by Dalits and BCs. To aid its stooges, the
government created a wave of propaganda threatening that these
lands would be taken back by the government without paying any
compensation to the owners. When the poor farmers sought clarity
from the TDP leaders and revenue officials, they further terrified the
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farmers by telling them that the government had every right to take
back the lands since it was the original owner of the lands.
Thanks to this propaganda, several farmers panicked and sold
away their lands to TDP leaders, who have been brainwashing the
farmers to part ways with the lands for some time. The benamis of
ruling party leaders have bought these lands at a rate as low as Rs.
5 lakh per acre. Thus, Chandrababu and his stooges have pocketed
away 1,848 acres of assigned and lanka lands in this fashion.
To fuel the fear of the marginalised farmers, the government used
several tactics. First of all, it refused to issue the compensation
cheques to the tenant farmers of assigned and lanka lands and cited
the various pending litigations as the cause of the delay. Once all the
assigned and lanka lands were secured by the CM and his stooges,
a generous compensation package was announced for these lands.
The package now benefits a lot of TDP leaders, who have bagged
these lands. Those who bought an acre of land at Rs. 5 lakh rate are
now going to get Rs. 1.90 crore for the same parcel of land.
Phase - V
The zone classification of the Capital region is another scam of
global class. The TDP government has divided the lands of capital
city region into commercial and agricultural zones and restircted the
land use of the latter only to agriculture. This means the value of the
lands in agricultural zones is not on par with the value of the lands of
the commercial zones. Because of this classification, the lands prices
have tanked overnight in many areas. The plot of land which was
once valued at Rs. 4 crore is not being bought for even Rs. 40 lakh.
Even the plots of land that are located next to one another also have
strikingly different prices based on the zones that they have fallen
into.
The zone classification information, which was supposed to be
confidential, was leaked to a privileged few, who bought or sold the
lands based on the information. Today, the lands of Chandrababu
and his stooges are in the high-value commercial zones and lands of
other farmers are in the agricultural zones. Because of this
differentiation, the prices of Babus' lands have skyrocketed at the
cost of farmers, whose lands have lost their value overnight. The
government is gambling with the lives of the farmers and making a
killing out of them.
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Capital Culprits
1. P. Narayana
Position: The Minister of Municipal Administration,
Urban Planning and Development
Land Purchased
Amount paid
Present Value
:
:
Benamis:
Akula Munisankar: He is an electrician in Narayana Medical
College, Nellore, and a distant relative of P. Narayana. He is
related through marriage to the minister and is a brother-in-law to
the minister.
Ravuri Sambasiva Rao: He is the brother-in-law of P. Narayana and
his 'Man Friday'. Sambasiva Rao is the caretaker of all the
financial affairs of the minister.
Potturi Prameela: She is a confidant of Narayana and manages
Narayana group colleges in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Apart from these important benamis, several employees of
Narayana group and confidants of the minister bought lands and took
part in the scam.
Areas of Land Purchase: Mandadam, Lingayapalem, Rayapudi,
Uddandarayunipalem, Borupalem of Thullur mandal near Core
Capital region.
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2. Sujana Chowdary
Position: The Union Minister of State for Science
and Technology and Earth Sciences
Land Purchased : 700 acres
Amount paid
: Rs. 35 crore
Present Value
: Rs. 700 crore
Benamis:
Yalamanchili Jatin Kumar: Brother of Sujana Chowdary
Sri Kalinga Green Tech Chemicals: This company belongs to
Harshananda, who is a personal assistant to Jatin Kumar.
Yalamanchili Janardhana Rao: Father of Sujana Chowdary
Y. Sivaramakrishna: Brother of Sujana Chowdary
Areas of Land Purchase: Gudimetla of Chandarlapadu mandal,
Keesara, Veerullapadu of Kanchikacherla mandal of Krishna
district and Mangalagiri mandal of Guntur district.
3. Nara Lokesh
Position: National general secretary of Telugu Desam Party
Son of Chandrababu Naidu
Land Purchased
Amount paid
Present Value
:
:
:
500 acres
Rs. 50 crore
Rs. 650 crore
Benamis:
Vemuri Ravikumar Prasad: A friend of Lokesh
Vemuri Anuradha: Wife of Vemuri Ravikumar
Lands were purchased in the names of Goshpadi Greenfields Pvt.
Ltd., Future Space India Pvt. Ltd. and Net India Pvt. Ltd.
Areas of Land Purchase: Dharanikota and Vaikuntapuram of
Amaravati mandal.
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Amount paid
Present Value
:
:
Benamis:
Gummadi Suresh: A confidant of Pulla Rao
Venigalla Raja Reddy: A confidant of Pulla Rao
Venkayamma: Wife of Venigalla Raja Reddy
Areas of Land Purchase: Venkatapalem, Mandadam,
Uddandarayunipalem and Rayapudi of Thullur mandal.
Amount paid
Present Value
:
:
55 acres (including
assigned lands)
Rs. 5.5 crore
Rs. 82.5 crore
Benamis:
Ravela Santi Jyothi: Wife of Ravela Kishore Babu
Maitri Infra: A company of Tella Srinivasarao, a confidant of Ravela
Kishore Babu
Areas of Land Purchase: Kuragallu and Navuluru of Mangalagiri
mandal.
6. Murali Mohan
Position: Member
Land Purchased
Amount paid
Present Value
of Parliament
: 53 acres
: Rs. 16 crore
: Rs. 212 crore
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7. Kommalapati Sridhar
Position: MLA of Pedakurapadu
Land Purchased : 42 acres
Amount paid
: Rs. 1. 26 crore
Present Value
: Rs. 210 crore
Areas of Land Purchase: Lands adjacent to
Amaravati Township at Yerrabalem village.
These lands were exempted from the land pooling and Nara Lokesh
got the shares in the venture as quid pro quo .
:
:
:
17.3 acres
Rs. 93 lakh
Rs. 18.4 crore
Benami
Sasi Infra: This company belongs to Siva Rama Krishnas personal
assistant Gutta Naga Prasad
Area of Land Purchase: Dhulipalla of Sattenapalli mandal
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:
:
:
4.09 acres
Rs. 12.27 lakh
Rs. 8 crore
Benami:
Payyavula Vikrama Simha: Son of Payyavula Keshav
GPA was made before the announcement of Capital region and the
registration was done after that.
Area of Land Purchase: Inavolu
Present Value
Rs.300 crore
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Capital
city
lands
were
snatched away by the cronies
of Babu and their benamis.
Sivaramakrishnan Committee
recommendations on the location of
Capital city have been ignored.
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When realtors were busy buying plots in Nuzvid area, Babu and
his company purchased huge tracts of land at throwaway prices.
Once the true location of the capital city announced, the gullible
realtors who bought the land around Nuzvid area incurred heavy
losses. The farmers who sold their lands in Amaravati area
realised that they were trapped.
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Initially, many framers refused to part ways with the land, their
sole source of livelihood.
He also used the caste card to 'pool' the land. He divided the
resisting farmers on caste lines by sending the ministers from
the respective castes to counsel the farmers and finally they
were made to give away their lands.
Babu not only ensured full protection of the lands of his cronies
and their benamis but also ensured that the development
projects are established near their lands.
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Once all the assigned and lanka lands were secured by the CM
and his party men, a generous compensation package was
announced for surrendering those lands. The package benefitted
a lot of TDP leaders who have bagged these lands. Those who
bought an acre of land at Rs. 5 lakh is now going to get Rs. 1.90
crore for the same!
At the end
In the name of Capital city, Chandrababu and his
cronies have made about Rs. 1 lakh crore. The state
government has organized three inaugural ceremonies
for the capital city. The state government's lackluster
efforts have not found much favour with the central
government. Prime Minister Modi attended the
commencement ceremony and he was expected to
announce a package. Instead of the package, given
the sad effort put by the state government, he gave
state four pots filled with mud.
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The
Captured
Capital
The new Capital of Andhra Pradesh is in the clutches of land
vultures, who are holding the high offices in the government. Not just
a few, but the quite a lot of TDP leaders under the guidance of
Chandrababu Naidu attacked the capital city and got substantial
amounts of lands registered in their names, or of their benamis.
Chandrababu Naidu concealed the decision that was taken in the first
cabinet meeting about the location of new capital city.
He intentionally confused people with his oft-changed statements.
He terrified the Dalits by initiating a misinformation campaign which
spread the rumour that the government was going to take away
assigned lands without paying any compensation. The enterprising
party leadership used all means at its disposal and succeeded in
making the farmers give up their lands. Thus, they bought 25,000
acres land in 29 villages, which are now part of the new Capital
region, at very low rates.
Once the location of Capital region was announced, the prices of
the lands in Amaravati area skyrocketed overnight. An acre of land
which was bought at Rs 4 lakh is now valued at Rs. 4 crore. This is
the story of Chandrababu and Company. who pocketed Rs. 1 lakh
crore through a scandal that is larger than any major scam in the
history of Independent India. What is presently known is only the tip
of the iceberg!
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Nara Lokesh
and his Benami Inc.
Benamis: Vemuri Ravi Kumar
Prasad and Vemuri Anuradha
Purchased Land: 500 acres
Amount Paid: Rs. 50 crore
Present Value: Rs. 650 crore
The Chief Minister's son Nara Lokesh took on himself to execute
the Capital scam. He purchased huge tracts of land through his
benami Dr. Vemuri Ravi Kumar Prasad. They purchased the land in
several places in the names of different companies. Initially, they
entered into agreements with the farmers and completed the
registrations once the location of the Capital was announced. Here is
the story of Nara Lokesh aka 'China Babu' who successfully fooled
the people by abusing his position!
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Sujana Chowdarys
Land Robbing
Benamis: Sri Kalinga Green Tech
Chemicals and Y. Siva
Ramakrishna
Purchased Land: 700 acres
Amount Paid: Rs. 35 crore
Present Value: Rs. 700 crore
He is a 'corporate politician' and member of the CM's coterie. He
is specialised in securing huge loans amounting to hundreds of
crores of rupees and successfully defaulting on their repayments.
Impressed with his prowess, Chandrababu Naidu not only made him
a member of Rajya Sabha, but also secured him a berth in Mr. Modi's
cabinet. He is none other than the Union Minister of State for
Science, Technology and Earth Sciences Mr. Y. Satyanarayana
Chowdary aka Sujana Chowdary. He defaulted on the repayment of
Rs. 100 crore to different banks and bought 700 acres in Amaravati
region with that money. He is also putting his best efforts to encroach
upon another 130 acres of forest land in Krishna district.
Brothers PA is Benami
Mr. Harshananda, the
personal
assistant
of
Yalamanchili Jatin Kumar,
brother of Sujana Chowdary,
started a company named Sri
Kalinga
Green
Tech
Chemicals. The 126.44 acres
land in Gudimetla village of
Chandarlapadu mandal of
Krishna district was bought in
the name of this company.
The land is located in the
The documents of land purchased by
survey numbers of 399-7,
Central minister Sujana Chowdary in
402-1A, 403-4, 5, 6, 404-1, 5,
Gudimetla of Kanchikacherla mandal.
6, 9B, 11, 12, 410-2, 412,
413, 415, 416, 417,-4, 427, 428-1, 2, 429, 431, 432-1, 433, 434 and
437 at the rate of Rs. 5 lakh per acre. Now, the value of an acre of
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Unstoppalbe Exploitation
Sujana Chowdary's exploitation has spread to Veerullapadu and
Kanchikacherla mandals; of the same district. He 'adopted'
Ponnavaramm of Veerullapadu mandal and bought 5.39 acres land
(Survey No: 38-1) in the name of his father Y. Janardhana Rao and
another 3.5 acres of land (Survey No: 41) in the name of his brother
Y. Siva Rama Krishna. He also bought 3.60 acres of land of survey
number 116/3 at Keesara.
Mr. Chowdary used the same modus operandi to buy 700 acres
of land in the mandals of Chandarlapadu, Kanchikacherla and
Veerullapadu in Krishna district and Mangalagiri mandal of Guntur
district. After the Capital region scandal came out, he stated that he
bought land because he had the money and questioned what's
wrong with that! This statement of him clearly indicates that he was
privy to critical information about the location of the capital region
before it was made public.
Murali Mohan
The Real Benami
Purchased Land: 53 acres
Amount Paid:
Rs. 16 crore
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Ravela
Traitor of Dalits
Benami: Wife of the Minister Ravela
Santhi Jyothi
Purchased Land: 55 acres
Amount Paid: Rs. 5.5 crore
Present Value: Rs. 82.5 crore
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Kishore Babu bought this land and got it registered in the name of his
wife Ravela Santhi Jyothi on August 5, 2015 in Mangalagiri Subregistrar office. He also got GPA on 25 acres of assigned lands. He
bought another 0.75 acres of land (Survey No: 613/2) through a
compnay named Maitri Infra. This company is owned by Mr. Tella
Srinivasa Rao, a confidant of Mr. Kishore Babu. The registration took
place on October 16, 2015. It is learnt that Ravela Kishore Babu
bought a total of 55 acres of both assigned lands and patta lands.
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Assigned Lands in
Prathipatis Account
Land Purchased: 196 acres
Amount Paid:
Rs. 39 crore
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Lingamaneni Estate
The Chief Minister, who grabbed fertile, multi-crop lands from the
farmers for the sake of Capital region, did not take a single yard of
land from his benamis. The fact that the Lingamaneni Estate is
located just 10 meters away from the capital region's limits proves
CM's bias. In return, Lingamaneni Ramesh gifted the CM a guest
house that was built on the riverbed, breaching all environmental
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One Bit,
One Benami
Sufficient proof for capital land robbing
The capital city land scandal is ubiquitous. One doesn't need a deep
investigation to obtain the evidence for the involvement of the CM
and his cronies, it is just out there. Thousands of farmers wouldn't
have lost their livelihoods and their prospective fortunes if the ruling
party was fair to them. The cronies of Chandrababu and their
benamis abused their power and wrecked havoc in the lives of the
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farmers of new Capital area. This scandal was scripted and directed
by Chandrababu Naidu under the guise of developing a world-class
city and it rivals any great land scam in the world.
The Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development P.
Narayana, who is playing an active role in the CRDA affairs,
personifies this scandal. The minister bought land wherever he could.
45 cents, 87 centshowsoever small the land bit was, he bought the
land. These land bits are bought in the names of his employees,
relatives and even of domestic maids. The minister now has a
footprint in all 29 villages of the Capital region. The CM Chandrababu
Naidu was so impressed with Narayana's penchant for land and
entrusted the complete responsibility of the Capital region to him.
Thus, Narayana became the head of all TDP leaders and MLAs in
Capital region affairs.
Narayana..
Narayana
Purchase Land: 3,129 acres
Amount Paid: 432 acres
Present Value: Rs. 10,000 crore
The Municipal Adminstration and Urban Development Minister, P.
Narayana, who is an important mandarin in the affairs of Capital
region, is active in purchasing lands across the region. Until 2014,
Narayana was known as the owner of a large education group. He
got his presnt MLC and Minister positions because of his heavy
donations to the TDP during the 2014 elections. Impressed with his
prowess, Chandrababu Naidu stripped the powers of Revenue
Minister and gave the charge of the Capital region affairs to
Narayana.
As part of his 'duties', Narayana toured the Capital region
extensively and conducted several grama sabhas. With the help of
the Sarpanches and TDP leaders, he gathered full details about
assigned and lanka lands. Through them, he spread the rumors that
the government was going to wrest the assigned and lanka lands
without compensating the farmers. When the farmers panicked, he
sent his army of benamis across the Capital region and bought land,
notwithstanding its location and size. He bought 3,129 acres in the
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Magic in bits
The land that was purchased in the name of Avula Munisankar
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name of his benamis at the cost per acre ranging between Rs. 10
lakh and Rs. 15 lakh. As the landholdings are smaller in this region,
he even bought a plot of 25 cents.
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Rama... Rama
Krishna Krishna
Real Estate Venture: 179.54 acres
Assigned Lands: 54 acres
The collusion between
Some of the farmers of
the realtors and the heads
Nambur
village who sold their
of the government created
assigned
lands to
a conducive atmosphere
Ramakrishna
Housing
Pvt. Ltd.
for
this
high-volume
corruption. After accepting
Name
Land Sold
heavy bribes, the heads of
(In acres)
the
AP
government
approved a real estate
Namburu Vijaya Bhaskar
2.00
venture that has come up
Namburu Subbamma
1.65
on the assigned lands of
Matangi Subbamma
0.30
Dalits. Here are the
Namburu Chinna
1.00
details.
Matangi Maarthamma
0.30
A real estate company
Namburu Maha Lakshmaiah 3.00
named
Ramakrishna
Kolakaluri Sambaiah
0.30
Housing Pvt. Ltd. came up
Namburu Raju
1.00
with a venture on 179.54
Kokkalgadda Ruthamma
1.50
acres of land, which is
Bulla Aarogyam
0.30
located behind Acharya
Namburu
Slaman
0.30
Nagarjuna University and
Namburu Rosaiah
1.00
adjacent
to
KolkataNamburu
Yohanu
1.00
Chennai National High
Namburu Koteswaramma
0.50
Way. This venture is in the
Namburu Subba Rao
0.50
range of Kaza village of
Nambur mandal.
Chilaka Nagewara Rao
0.60
Namburu
Yohanu
0.70
It has bought 94 acres
Namburu Nagendram
1.00
in Kaza village survey
numbers between 78 and
Nambur Aadeiah
2.00
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and
acquired
remaining 76 acres from poor farmers. In this process, the company
has acquired 54 acres of assigned lands. Though these lands could
not be registered, the company bribed the officials of Peda Kakani
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Sub-registrar office and got the lands registered. Since, there was no
objection from the Registration Office; the Vijayawada-Guntur-TenaliMangalagiri (VGTM) Urban Development Authority gave the
necessary permissions for commercial development on those lands.
The company started selling villas and plots within no time with the
help of its vast network of marketing staff and of heavy publicity.
Payyavula Keshav
descended
Land purchased: 4.09 acres
Amount paid: Rs. 12.27 lakh
Present value: Rs. 8 crore
Payyavula Keshav is a clear example of Telugu Desam Party's
favoritism. The party leaders who have access to the inside
information abused their position to make personal gains at the cost
of the ordinary farmers. Right after coming into power, Chandrababu
Naidu announced that he would be building a world class Capital city,
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Dhulipalla's
Poramboke Lands
Encroached land: 50 acres
Registered Land: 3.89 acres
Ever since the Capital city location was announced, the illegal
land grabbing by the MLAs, MPs and the leaders of the ruling party
knew no limits. The assigned lands, lanka lands, rivulet lands and
poramboke lands, they are leaving no land unregistered. They are
creating counterfeit documents, bribing the officials and staff of
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revenue
and
registration
departments and getting the
lands registered in the names of
their benamis.
Ponnur
MLA
Dhulipalla
Narendra Kumar's 'success story'
exemplifies such legal plunder by
the elected representatives in
Andhra Pradesh. After the Capital
city announcement, the prices of
the lands that are adjacent to
Kolkata-Chennai highway went
up. This has 'incetivised' the MLA
to eye the rivulet lands in Nambur
of Peda Kakani mandal.
Registrations under
pressure
Narendra
Kumar
moved
pawns tactically to get 3.80 acres of rivulet land (Survey No: 274)
registered in the name of his benami and close relative Devara
Pullaih. He pressurised the revenue officials and created land
purchase documents numbered 2638, 2639 and 2640 in the names
of his benamis to create link documents.
The first buyer was Pullaiah's son D. Sambasiva Rao. Then he
registered this land in the names of Upputuri Kiran Kumar, Adusumilli
Ravi Kiran and Venna Peda Achhi Reddy. With this process, link
documents were created. Later, these three have 'sold' the land to
Sambasiva Rao's father Devara Pullaiah. Under the pressure from
the ruling party MLA, the officials have divided the land into three
survey numbers viz. -274/B6, B7 and B8 and registered in the name
of Pullaiah. According to present market rate, this land value is up to
Rs. 5 crore.
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17.3 acres land in survey numbers 167-1A, 167-1C, 168-1 and 1683 in Dhulipalla village of Sattenapalli mandal. Smelling an
opportunity, Siva Rama Krishna summoned one of the brothers and
bought his land for just Rs. 8 lakh per acre while the prevailing
market rate is about Rs. 1.5 crore. Though a case is pending in the
court about this land, the revenue officials hardly cared for that fact
and registered the land in the name of Sasi Infra, in which Gutta
Naga Prasad is a Managing Partner. Kodela Siva Rama Krishna
used the same tactic, of forcibly occupying, to usurp several acres
in Narasaraopet and Sattenapalli constituencies.
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Kommalapati
Perfectly Illegal!
Land Purchased: 42 acres
Amount Paid: Rs. 1.26 lakh
Present Value: Rs. 210 Crore
This is a classic example of AP CM Chandrababu Naidu's
favoritism and the rowdyism of ruling party MLAs in the Capital city
region. Once the statement about the location of the Capital was
made, TDP MLA from Pedakurapadu Kommalapati Sridhar who has
a real massive real estate venture stopped transferring the ownership
rights of the plots to the 3,000-odd subscribers to whom he sold the
plots seven years ago. Ever since the announcement of new Capital
city, he has been threatening the subscribers and is asking them to
forget about their land plots. He colluded with the Chief Minister and
got his lands excluded from the land pooling. In return, he gave large
shares in his project to Lokesh, the son of Chandrababu.
Denial of Rights
Kommalapati Sridhar's company Abhinandana Housing Private
Ltd. has been selling plots near Guntur and Vijayawada areas for
some years. The company bought 42 acres of land in Yerrabalem
village in survey numbers between 485 and 500. The sale of flats that
were constructed on this land began in 2009. Each subscriber paid
the initial amount of Rs. 25,000 and paid the remaining amount in
monthly installments by 2012.
However, once he collected the full money, he started showing his
true colours. He branded all the subscribers those who failed to pay
even one installment as defaulters and refused the registration to
majority of the subscribers. Meanwhile, the venture permissions were
stopped as Yerrabalem came under the land pooling range. When
some members approached Sridhar about their plots, he promised
them to allocate land in some other venture and finally gave them
nothing. When they protested, he used his political power and
silenced them. It is learnt that he defrauded on paying Rs. 15 crore
in Yerrabalem venture alone.
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Government duped us
Ever since the government announced the location of
Capital region, it has been deceiving us. When we were
reluctant to give our lands, they used several
tactics to frighten us. Due to this pressure, we
sold out our lands at cheaper rates. The
ministers and leaders who bought this land from
us told that we wouldn't get the right amount of
compensation in the land pooling scheme and
made us sell our lands. The farmers have
incurred heavy losses as they sold the lands at
throwaway prices.
- Koppolu Venkateswarlu, Bethapudi, Mangalagiri mandal.
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Lingamaneni Ramesh
A King of Encroachments
Very Close to the CM!
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The
beginning of
Lingamaneni
Estate at
Kaza village.
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Thallayapalem
Rayapudi
(6 lankas)
Uddandarayanipalem
Mandadam
Venkatapalem
Undavalli lankas
A Ravan in
Every Lanka
They always eyed the lanka (riverbed) lands and
assigned lands from the very beginning.
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The
documents of
lanka lands
bought by
Gummadi
Suresh, a
benami of
Prathipati Pulla
Rao.
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details is against law. Since the government has agreed to pool these
lands too, their value has now gone up to Rs. 1.75 crore per acre.
The CM recently ordered the Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration that the new owners of the lanka lands should be
given all the benefits instead of the original owners. It is learnt that
through this decision, the CM wants to make his son Nara Lokesh
and his ministers who bought the lanka lands richer by Rs 2,500
crore.
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Dhulipalla
did not Stop
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Share of
Anjaneyulu
is 4.69
acres!
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TDP
MLA
G.V.
Anjaneyulu, who represents
Vinukonda constituency, also
has his share in the legal
land grab. Having been
informed about the location
of the Capital city, he bought
4.96 acres (2.26 acres of
survey number 77-2, 0.97
acres of survey number 1217 and 1.46 acres of survey
number 137-2) in Inavolu
village, which is very close to
the Core Capital region. He
bought the land in 2014 in
the name of his daughter
Gonuguntla
Lakshmi
Sowjanya. Then, he spent
only Rs. 3.9 lakh on each
acre, now the same land
value is Rs. 2 crore per acre.
This means the land value
has gone up by 50 times.
Anjaneyulu often tells that
hosting the Capital city in
Guntur district is a great
privilege; however, he must
also tell how ethical it was to
cash in on privileged insider
information
and
deprive
ordinary farmers of their
prospective fortunes.
Assigned Lands
Alienated
The package for assigned lands was announced on February 17, 2016
after the ruling party operatives have concluded their land deals.
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amount would be given once they give their lands for the pooling, or
else transactions would be cancelled. Some of the leaders used the
loopholes in the Registration Act, bribed the Registration Department
officials and got the lands registered. Some have gone to courts and
got No Objection Certificates (NOC) for the registrations and then got
the land registered.
Sub-registrar Offices of Thullur, Mangalagiri, Amaravati, Peda
Kakani and Guntur done 499 registrations pertaining to 480 acres of
assigned land. They have done another 350 pending registrations
pertaining to sale transactions of 650 acres. In all, the TDP leaders
bought 348.46 acres of assigned land. They also bought another
1200 acres through purchase agreements. Today, here, an acre of
land values about Rs. 1.75 crore, which means the ruling party
operatives made profits of about Rs. 2,775 crore through illicit
transactions of assigned lands.
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Assigned arid land farmers would get 800 sq. yard residential plot
and 100 sq. yard commercial plot and assigned jareebu (fertile)
land owners would get 800 sq. yard residential plot and 200 sq.
yard commercial plot for each acre of their land.
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a big scale. While, on the one side, the government has decided to
regularize the sale transactions of assigned lands, on the other hand,
announced the compensation package on March 17, 2016.
While the assigned lands that were given before 1954 were given
1,000 sq. yard residential plot and 200 sq. yard commercial plot for
each acre of arid lands and 1,000 sq. yard residential plot and 450
sq. yard commercial plot for each acre of jareebu land. For the lands
that were assigned after 1954, the arid land farmers were announced
800 sq. yard residential plot and 100 sq. yard commercial plot per
each acre and the jareebu land owners would get 800 sq. yard
residential plot and 200 sq. yard commercial plot for each acre of
their land.
But now, the new rules would enable the new owners of the
assigned lands- read TDP ministers, MLAs and MPs- to pocket all the
compensation. They now get annual tenancy of Rs. 50,000 (for
jareebu lands) and Rs. 30,000 (for arid lands) and also the
commercial and residential plots.
Officials Scared Us
The government gave the land to our great grandfathers.
We have been living on our 75 cents lands since then.
We refused to give our land for land pooling for quite
some time. However, the government
officials and TDP leaders scared us telling
that government would take back the
assigned lands without any compensation
and it would better for us to surrender it. So,
we gave away our land. However, we haven't
got any compensation so far. Now, we are
deprived of our only source of livelihood as
we cannot cultivate that land anymore. We
have been making rounds to government
offices for our compensation. We request the
government that it should compensate
assigned lands farmers on par with other
lands.
- Pachhala Nageswara Rao,
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dairy, poultry and fisheries would be allowed. This point was very
clearly mentioned in the Perspective Plan. The Municipal
Development Minister Narayana declared that the APZ-1 is
dedicated exclusively to agriculture because the lands in this area
were fertile. Indeed, the lands of APZ-2 and 3 are more fertile when
compared to APZ-1. According to the Section 38 of the AP CRDA Act,
any changes could be made to Perspective Plan and Master Plan
only after 10 and 5 years respectively. This means no changes are
possible in the Act as to the zone classification. This provision was
inserted into the act only to benefit TDP land vultures.
Nominal Development
Perspective Plan made it clear that only agriculture and agrirelated industries shall come up in the APZ-1. This region cannot host
either industrial units or service industries and this restriction makes
the region financially unattractive. It is learnt that these lands were
made agriculture-only lands to increase the value of commercial plots
that were allocated to farmers in the Capital city region. However, the
farmers in the APZ-1 are set to lose big time with this decision. The
farmers from this region are feeling bad that they were made
scapegoats. They were used to inflate the prices of the lands which
are held by members of the ruling party men.
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Agitating Farmers
Farmers are very angry with Chandrababu Naidu's policy flipflops, particularly his decision on Green Zones. Chandrababu has
taken the fertile lands and included them in Commercial Zone and
kept the dry lands in agricultural zones. Farmers fear that the
government is setting up another malicious plot.
Of late, the farmers have agitated in Krishna and Guntur districts
under the leadership of YSR Congress Party. They have conducted
dharnas and road blockades in Kankipadu, Vuyyuru,
Penuganchiprolu, Jaggayyapeta, Nandigama, Kanchikacherla and G
Konduru mandals. Several experts have objected the zone
classification of the CRDA. In only one month, 2,000 objections were
registered with the CRDA, which is a serious indication of
dissatisfaction among the people. The village panchayats,
irrespective of the party affiliation of the elected representatives, are
sending formal resolutions to the state government. Farmers are
warning the government of serious consequences if the government
doesn't withdraw its decision.
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Only to trouble us
The government restricted us saying that we
should only cultivate the lands that have fallen
under the Green Zone until 2050. Now, nobody
wants to buy our lands at high prices. We want to
sell our lands for our children's education as well
as their marriages, but now the prices are
completely depressed. No one is willing to buy
them at higher rates and we cannot sell them at
such depressed prices.
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